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The Matrix. Hands down!
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The last 30 minutes of hot fuzz - the greatest action scenes of all time.
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A couple of my favorites: The shootout in the original Stagecoach. Wayne and the three brothers he's gunning for start down the street toward each other. Scene shifts to a camera in front of Wayne as he drops to the ground, aims and fires his rifle. Camera then cuts to shots of others as they hear gunfire in the distance. The shootout is much more effective because it's never seen except in the mind's eye of the viewer.
The gunfight in Warlock when Anthony Quinn braces his friend Henry Fonda in a crazy attempt to sustain the fast-gun reputation of Fonda's character. Quinn's warning of "You better hit it --and you better hit it fast!" cranks up the tension before he goes for his gun.
The gunfight in Warlock when Anthony Quinn braces his friend Henry Fonda in a crazy attempt to sustain the fast-gun reputation of Fonda's character. Quinn's warning of "You better hit it --and you better hit it fast!" cranks up the tension before he goes for his gun.
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The last 30 minutes of hot fuzz - the greatest action scenes of all time.
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Another odd gunfight: When James Garner goes up against hired gun Swifty Morgan (Chuck Connors) while seated on a mule loaded with dynamite in Support Your Local Sheriff (1971).
Connors was also in a more realistic gunfight when he faced Gregory Peck with single-shot dueling pistols in The Big Country.
As for more realistic gunfights, my absolute favorite is Lee Marvin. He was the only Hollywood actor I ever saw who looked like he knew about guns and about killing--which he did, having been a combat Marine during World War II.
Connors was also in a more realistic gunfight when he faced Gregory Peck with single-shot dueling pistols in The Big Country.
As for more realistic gunfights, my absolute favorite is Lee Marvin. He was the only Hollywood actor I ever saw who looked like he knew about guns and about killing--which he did, having been a combat Marine during World War II.
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Pretty much any Clint Eastwood spaghetti western shootout. Especially the scene when he uses the hunk of metal as a shield under his poncho because he knows that his opponent always aims for the heart. He gets shot several times in the heart and gets up and kills his shocked opponent
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Originally Posted by Partimus
Pretty much any Clint Eastwood spaghetti western shootout. Especially the scene when he uses the hunk of metal as a shield under his poncho because he knows that his opponent always aims for the heart. He gets shot several times in the heart and gets up and kills his shocked opponent
That's the first one, A Fistful of Dollars.
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That's the first one, A Fistful of Dollars.
I'm not a big action movie scene, but my favorite gun fight is the one from Heat. It was just so realistic.
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Pretty much any Clint Eastwood spaghetti western shootout. Especially the scene when he uses the hunk of metal as a shield under his poncho because he knows that his opponent always aims for the heart.
I never saw that.
That's pretty smart.
I wonder if it would work in real life.
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bullet for bullet my favorite gun fight would have to be heat after the bank heist,a close second would be road to perdition,the near silent scene in the rain when tom hanks guns down paul newmans body guards on his way to kill him
bullet for bullet my favorite gun fight would have to be heat after the bank heist,a close second would be road to perdition,the near silent scene in the rain when tom hanks guns down paul newmans body guards on his way to kill him
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any stand off by John Woo
The Terminator - police station
Leon - SWAT scene
Under Siege - 2 pistols crossed over
The Punisher - end
Tears of the Sun - the village attack
The Terminator - police station
Leon - SWAT scene
Under Siege - 2 pistols crossed over
The Punisher - end
Tears of the Sun - the village attack
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in the movie Heat, during the bank robbing scene.
and a lot of war movies has some nice shoot out scenes too, saving private ryan, band of brothers, black hawk down, etc.
and a lot of war movies has some nice shoot out scenes too, saving private ryan, band of brothers, black hawk down, etc.
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